The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-10-05
THE STATE
The Aberdeen Fair o.O. .

The skating rink in Wino,s
opened already. ''l@ mas been
The Nashville Students o..
tour of the States. 'e making
The Presbyterian Of Mace,
to erect a new church. propose
The Wesson Times has ehanps5 3:
The Synod of Mississippi vii,
Meridian, November %. VII meet at
The Natchez cotton factorie, HI,
$1,000 per week to their emplove a,s'l''e
DR.. H. W, Stackhouse died -,
ult., at Crystal Springs, in his e iI -siI'
year. 'sN'ie'h
The Knights of Labor have nor,;-
candidates for county Offices ia Ha ,-ls'5o
county, Miss. - harrison
The NJ. & O. Railroad will m, a..
cotton on It's depot platform af I've
o'clock p. m. 1''ei
The Meridian Carriage Wark.i
work every day. 'A's'ea'
! Mississippi College, Clinton h..
larger number of pupils than a,
opening in its history. - any
| If all the rumors prove true tbs-s-,,
be no single people left after tbis -, Slii
is over.-1azoo City Herald. '~s'l
| The young men of Aberdee, h..
been treating the young ladies -
candy stew" at the Gordon House
Mrs. Atkins, aided by Miss Ad5ia :.
vail, of Cold Water, have colieefaI a.
for the Confederate Monument al lay
son.
The Grenada Sentinel contained =,
teen pages last week, and expects toco~
tinue so for the next three weeks. +; ~.
longer. ''
The Boston Herald wishes to know.
Where will you go to find prettier va.
men than those of Boston? Whv. To Car.
ton Picket.
Tombigbee Presbytery is in session ar
Enterprise. Elder Jas. II. Neville i
moderator-theN New Book allowing ay
delegates to preside.
DIR. e. l.. Hatch died in Aberdeen ON
22d ult. He was born in Kinds county
March >, 1872, and had resided in Aber.
deem for forty-eight years.
Master Hilary Posey shot and killed
on Tuesday on Bayou Lariasse. an ca
gle, measuring five feet three inches
from tip to tip of wings.
Vicksburg will soon lose two of b.-
most prominent families. Judge Cove,
and family will remove 10 Clinton. ana
Mr.. I. f. Mount to GreenyiIle.
| Will Thomas, young brakeman of
Wesson, Miss, met with q horrible
death on the 59th, at Brookhayen. H.
was run over by the freight train.
The young men of Macon. GA. have
invited Miss Varina Davis to accompanv
her father when he makes his visit IN
that place, and she will probably ac-
cept.
The Pamela County Fair, on account
of the protracted drouth and other rea-
sons, has been postponed at Sardis until
Tuesday, November l.
The trustees of the public (white'
| school at Aberdeen have been fortunate
in securing Prof. h. F. Preston, OF Water
Valley, as principal. lie will have four
accomplished lady assistants.
The Grenada Sentinel Of last Safur
day contained sixteen pages and ninety.
six pages of matter. The edition Is cred
liable TO the enterprising publisher. and
to the business men of Grenada.
The city marshal of Kosciusko ba
been ordered to arrest ali cows found
trespassing upon wagons on the streets
and contine them in the pound until
fine and costs have been paid.
A coroner's inquest at Greenwood
issued warrants for the arrest of nun
Der of negroes charged with the murder
of Henry Taylor, who it il claimed
divulged some of the secrets Of an oath
bound society.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. p. Yerger, Green
wood, have been called to mourn the
death of their bright and promising
little son, Joseph Patrick Henry, whose
precious remains were deposited il
Greenwood Cemetery on September 10Th
The Mississippi railroad commission
has reduced the freight rate of the Kan
sas City, Memphis and Birmingham
Railroad. 1t also summoned the Mobile
& Ohio Railroad to appear before it on
October 8, ..for the purpose of revising
freight rates.
Canton will certainly have that arte-
sian well inside of year Then shell
have a compress, and free mail deliv
cry. She has everything else she want,
| and can beat the world in beautiful
women and handsome men, pretty babie.
and delightful homes.-Picket
The Trade Issue" of the Ripley
Southern Sentinel, is a great achieve
ment in Mississippi ournaiism-eighteen
pages of good reading and attractive I'D
refreshments. And yet the enterprising
publishers are not happy. They viii
attempt something bigger next time.
Pension certificates were issued to the
following Mississippi veterans of the
Meyican war for the week ending sep.
TENDER, "a Isaac ID. Dickerson, private
Co. l, first regiment; Samuel J. An
drews, Corporal Co. l, second regiment
James Ii. Tucker, private Co. +, frs
regiment.
Mrs. Elizabeth Laftte was divorced
from her husband at the last term of tn,
chancery court of Harrison county. and
In one hour afterwards she was married
to Samuel Bayliss. The pair then made
a bridal tour, on foot, to their future
home at Long Beach, a distance of six
miles.
Adam Greene, colOred, left Aberdeen
last week, on the suggestion of a vigi-
lance committee. He has been writing
the most absurd falsehoods TO a negspa
per in Maine about the South. The
letter is copied in the Aberdeen papers.
Adam was very fortunate in being per
mitted to leave.
As the compiler of The STATE column
was passing Kosciusko on Monday even
ing last, there was an immense crowd at
the depot cheering Governor Lowry.
who had addressed the good people OF
Attala at the courthouse in the morn
ing. The demonstration was compli-
mentary in the highest degree.
Peter Williamson, white mechanic.
living on the outskirts of town and near
the L., n. o. & T. Railroad, was found
by his brother at s o'clock Friday morn
ing laying alongside the track terribly
mangled and in a dying condition. Il
Is supposed that he was struck by the 2
o'clock south-bound train. He died at
O'Clock Saturday morning.
Rev. j. w. Mcneil has become editor
Of the horticultural department of the
Crystal Springs Meteor, and that paper
will hereafter devote special attention
TO horticultural interests. Crystal
Springs, where it is published, is the
horticultural "hub" of Mis-
sissippi. The subscription price of the
Meteor is $3.50 per year.
From an esteemed and reliable CORE
Ipondent living at Belzoni we learn that
here is an old negro woman in that
who is certainly very
lged and claims to be 100 years old. She
avs she was a good sized girl during the
revolutionary War (1776.) She was
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